Association of Shareware Professionals Names 1995-96 Officers, Adds Three New Members to Board of Directors.

MUSKEGON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 1996--The Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP), an international trade organization representing authors, publishers, vendors, and on-line distributors of shareware products, today announced its officers for 1995-96.

The organization also added three new members to its board of directors.

George Campbell will continue as chairman of the ASP's board of directors, a position he assumed in January, 1995. A shareware author since 1987, Campbell has produced award-winning productivity and utility applications for Windows through his company, Los Osos, Calif.-based Ososoft. Campbell can be reached by e-mail at [e-mail].

Richard Harper will continue as president of the ASP. A resident of Reed City, Mich., Harper has authored DOS and Windows utilities and other shareware programs as a hobby for the last ten years. He can be reached by e-mail at [e-mail].

Charles Schell is the third continuing member of the ASP's board of directors. Schell, owner of Unicorn Software Limited, can be reached by e-mail at [e-mail].

The new members of the ASP's board of directors are Karen Crowther, Tom Guthery, and Chuck Steenburgh.

Crowther, a Maui, Hawaii resident, is president of Redwood Games, Inc. She has written game programs such as Word Rescue, Math Rescue, Pickle Wars, and Talking ABC's, which have been successfully marketed as shareware. Crowther can be reached by e-mail at [e-mail].

Guthery develops award-winning educational software programs. The Austin, Texas resident's work, featuring a variety of animation techniques, has appeared in several computer books. Guthery can be reached by e-mail at [e-mail].

Lexington, Virginia-based Steenburgh is a political science professor at the Virginia Military Institute and an author of DOS and Windows utilities. Steenburgh can be reached by e-mail at [e-mail].

The three new ASP board members will serve two year terms. All ASP officers can be contacted through the organization's World Wide Web site (http://www.asp-shareware.org), in addition to their individual e-mail addresses.

The ASP's primary goals are promoting shareware as a marketing method for computer software and assisting its members with marketing information and distribution. The ASP is located at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427, 616/788-5131 phone; 616/788-2765 fax. It operates forums on CompuServe (GO ASPFORUM) and Microsoft Network (GO ASP).

CONTACT: Mitchell Friedman Communications (for ASP)

Mitchell Friedman, 415/824-1466

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